Proposed Amendments to the Regulation for the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Comment From: California Council for Environ... (Chris Shimoda)

3/09/26 @ 12:59 PM

Please see the attached comments from CCEEB on the MRR. Thank you.

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Comment From: Bonneville Power Administratio... (Alisa Kaseweter)

3/09/26 @ 12:56 PM

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Comment From: Kevin Wildman

3/09/26 @ 12:55 PM

It's time for CARB to start following the will of the people instead of bending to Gavin Newsom's
will. Newsom will be gone soon. The citizens of CA will still be here and we have long memories.
CARB needs to cut regulations in order to reduce gas pr...↓

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Comment From: Salt River Project (Megan Martin )

3/09/26 @ 12:50 PM

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Comment From: Bria Ganal

3/09/26 @ 12:36 PM

Why do the democrats support the original republican ideal of "cap and trade" that the republicans first supported because it doesn't help the environment at all?

Why has no refinery opened in California since the 70's?

Why are we going to lose loc...↓

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Comment From: Greg Walker

3/09/26 @ 12:35 PM

No more gas taxes.we can't afford gas as it is.

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Comment From: Gergana K

3/09/26 @ 12:31 PM

Another gas tax hike will crush affordability for working families already struggling with high costs, pushing us toward economic collapse under excessive taxation.

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Comment From: Dorothy Plummer

3/09/26 @ 12:24 PM

NO on more gas taxes.

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Comment From: RPMG (Jon Costantino)

3/09/26 @ 12:21 PM

See attached comment letter

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Comment From: Christina Walsh

3/09/26 @ 12:19 PM

The Gas crisis in California is frightening to say the Least. While I agree we can treat our climate better, YOUR Group needs to do better. The Cap-and-Invest Program in 2026 is potentially going to add another $1.00 per gallon to gas that is alread...↓

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Comment From: PacifiCorp (Michael Sullivan)

3/09/26 @ 12:11 PM

PacifiCorp comments on the ISOR 3 9 26

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Comment From: REBECCA Del monte

3/09/26 @ 12:09 PM

Stop with nonsense you people in Sacramento have closed All of our refineries in Martinez, the gas refineries, Pittsburg, Antioch people that live in the area of All lost their jobs. Generations worked at these plants. Now, Fairfield Anheuser Bush cl...↓

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Comment From: John Lee

3/09/26 @ 12:06 PM

California's gas prices are already $2.00 more than the national average. Where does this end. The proposed addition hike will hurt family by not only driving up gas price, but it will drive up the cost of groceries, cost of all items that require t...↓

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Comment From: Lisa Disbrow

3/09/26 @ 12:06 PM

Controlling carbon emissions is a hoax. It will punish hardworking employees who have a job in other communities.
Increasing our gas prices when the State of California continues to run out our refineries and other businesses lays the burden for our...↓

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Comment From: Daniel Drennan

3/09/26 @ 12:06 PM

CARB, stop the endless tax increases! Excessive taxation on gas makes life unaffordable and risks statewide economic collapse for businesses and residents.

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Comment From: Michelle Lindley

3/09/26 @ 12:04 PM

No more new taxes or fees on our gas prices. No more special blend fuel. No more climate scam. We did not vote for this!

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Comment From: Michael Kean

3/09/26 @ 11:58 AM

This is crazy!
Gas is $2.50 / gallon in Nashville, Tn - but $5.00 / gallon in Ca - Why?
Electricity is $0.40 - $0.45 / kwh in Antioch CA
It's only $0.10 / kwh in Nashville - Why?

There are not enough lanes or and/or adequate traffic flow control at ...↓

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Comment From: Antoinette Gebauer

3/09/26 @ 11:55 AM

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Comment From: Fred Fong

3/09/26 @ 11:55 AM

Stop more burdens on tax payers. Stop more green house related legislations that add to our living costs

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Comment From: Shannon Jean

3/09/26 @ 11:51 AM

I know you want to do the best for our State and our environment. It's commendable. However, I have a concern about the proposed amendments to the Regulation for the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. We want to keep our State attractiv...↓

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Comment From: Allen Wilson

3/09/26 @ 11:51 AM

Please UNDERSTAND Another gas tax hike will crush affordability for working families already struggling with high costs, pushing us toward economic collapse under excessive taxation.

PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
CARB, stop the endless tax increases!
Ex...↓

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Comment From: Toby Proescher

3/09/26 @ 11:50 AM

No more gas tax hikes—affordability is at stake! Excessive taxes are burdening Californians, leading us straight to economic collapse and hardship.

You have become the #1 obstacle for anyone living in California to achieve the American Dream.

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Comment From: DOLORES ROBERTS

3/09/26 @ 11:12 AM

Dear Madam Chair and Members of the Board:

As a proud citizen of Stanislaus County, I am starting emphatically:

This increase in fuel cost will add more fuel to the fire coupled with the announced closure of the Strait of Hormuz by the Iranian g...↓

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Comment From: Union of Concerned Scientists (Laura Peterson)

3/09/26 @ 9:53 AM

I'm Laura Peterson, Senior Analyst for the Climate Accountability campaign at the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS is a US-based membership organization with 39K active supporters in California that conducts research and organizes scientists in ser...↓vice of a healthy, safe, and just future.
UCS has backed the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act since they were introduced in the Senate and continues to support their implementation. This must ensure the laws achieve their aim of providing standardized, reliable, and mandatory disclosure of carbon emissions to enable companies to make informed business decisions and provide critical information about the impact of a company's practices on California's economy. We continue to support the legislation's use of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol—the globally recognized emissions accounting and reporting standard—as the framework for corporate emissions accounting and reporting.
UCS does take issue, however, with the proposed regulation's exemption of insurance companies from SB 253 reporting. As stated in a February 9 letter to the Board signed by UCS along with 39 other public interest organizations with significant California membership, insurance companies are clearly corporate entities with reportable revenue that transact directly with California consumers. This exemption is inconsistent with the statute and allows a dangerous information asymmetry to persist between insurers, policymakers, and Californians that imperils both the state's long-term climate planning and jeopardizes homes and businesses in the nearer-term.
Records show the insurance industry has lobbied heavily against climate risk oversight in California and around the world. The industry's central role in driving the climate crisis through its underwriting of and investment in fossil fuels while abandoning markets hit by extreme weather, as in the Palisades and Eaton Fire, is further reason not to exempt this industry. If allowed, it will not only undermine the legislation's effectiveness but encourage other industries to pursue similar exemptions. Corporate accountability and the public safety it creates must remain the driving force behind these laws.
We appreciate CARB advancing these crucial regulations and look forward to working with you to ensure their effectiveness. Thank you.

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Comment From: Lola Green

3/09/26 @ 9:46 AM

As a resident of California, do NOT pass this amendment and harm the flow of gas to our state. This amendment harms the residents of California. NGOs and government must not be allowed to put these severe restrictions on our natural resources that ...↓

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Comment From: joel frantz

3/09/26 @ 9:08 AM

Carb is not helping the environment or the economy at this point. There must be a reasonable expectation of what can be achieved without destroying our infrastructure and further harming our livelihood in what appears an overreaching blind numbers g...↓

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Comment From: Jamie Kelley

3/09/26 @ 8:06 AM

VOTE NO ON GAS PRICE INCREASES!!!
Disband this false committee and stop holding california at gun point at the fuel pump.

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Comment From: Joseph Stancato

3/09/26 @ 8:03 AM

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Comment From: Fred Johnson

3/09/26 @ 7:29 AM

How about considering the cost of your "regulations" to the residence of California before you pass any further laws that increase the cost of living in CA!

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Comment From: Karen Nalos

3/09/26 @ 7:13 AM

I think most Californians have had enough of all this regulation going on that limits our ability to produce for our families. We want jobs, we want electricity, we want oil, not this new Green deal. Politicians just pad their pockets. I oppose this ...↓

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Comment From: Benjamin Gogna

3/09/26 @ 12:32 AM Form Letter 2

Do not pass amendments that will drive California's last gas company out of the state while gas is already at/above $5.00 a gallon!

Declare a state of emergency!

Oppose these carb amendments!

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Comment From: Benjamin Gogna

3/09/26 @ 12:29 AM Form Letter 2

Do not pass amendments that will drive California's last gas company out of the state while gas is already at/above $5.00 a gallon!

Declare a state of emergency!

Oppose these carb amendments!

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Comment From: Coalition for Sustainable Ceme... (Steve Coppinger)

3/09/26 @ 12:00 AM

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Comment From: Anthony Ibarra

3/08/26 @ 11:29 PM

Do not pass amendments that will drive California's last refineries out of the state while gas is already at $6.00 a gallon.

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Comment From: Carlos Morales

3/08/26 @ 10:03 PM

Do Not pass amendments that Will Dr., California last refineries out of the state while gas is already at six dollars a gallon. It will create hardship throughout the community.

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Comment From: Morales Vanessa

3/08/26 @ 10:01 PM

Do not pass amendments that Will Drive California last refineries out of the state while gas is already $6 a gallon. It will devastate my community.

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Comment From: Alex Chang

3/08/26 @ 9:11 PM

Do not pass amendments that will drive California last refineries out of the state while gas is already $6.00 a gallon.

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Comment From: Dianna Snow

3/08/26 @ 8:37 PM

CARB must stop crippling the production of oil in California with its regulations. The energy grid of this State cannot support all electric vehicles, farm equipment, construction equipment, etc. California residents rely on gas to go to school, wo...↓

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Comment From: David Saint-Amand

3/08/26 @ 4:13 PM

Increased fuel prices hit the poor the hardest. Please consider the impact on them, and on the State as a whole. Amend the regulations to promote California's energy independence, and protect our economy.

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Comment From: Steven Perryman

3/08/26 @ 2:51 PM

Not that my opinion matters to CARB, but all this "climate change" which used to be called "global warming" which used to be called "global cooling" which used to be called "nuclear winter," is one big money siphoning scam to enrich the political eli...↓

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Comment From: Robert Wing

3/08/26 @ 1:44 PM

I am 100% against additional gas price increases! We already pay the highest prices in the nation and there is no logical reason to increase them since Congress voided California's CAA Waiver for Greenhouse Gas Emissions. This lowers air quality re...↓

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Comment From: Jeff Kowalishen

3/08/26 @ 11:59 AM

No member of the Air Resources Board was ever voted by the taxpayers into office. Therefore, you have no ability to make laws or rules that require us to pay additional taxes. This is a fact.

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Comment From: Kim Engeseth

3/08/26 @ 11:15 AM

In light of the recent conflict in the Middle East we are facing uncertainty with our energy supply. Putting unnecessary strain on our refining capabilities will create more economic hardship for California. Please consider a practical and realistic...↓

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Comment From: DIANA SNYDER

3/08/26 @ 10:59 AM

Dear Board Members,
Please reject the proposed amendments for the Mandatory reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. These proposals will further cripple our infrastructure and raise prices on California Citizens who already pay higher rates than the ...↓

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Comment From: James Burke

3/08/26 @ 10:31 AM

With the day-to-day struggles that we have in the refineries closing, you need to figure out how to compensate for the loss you control what's going on instead of helping you're hurting I'm not saying remove try to figure out how to lighten it for th...↓

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Comment From: Robert Gallegos

3/08/26 @ 10:23 AM

I do not support this new tax!

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Comment From: Christine Price

3/08/26 @ 10:15 AM

Stop policies that drive up gas prices, hurt working families and take away jobs.

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Comment From: Asim Rustamov

3/08/26 @ 9:54 AM

I am a working class immigrant living in CA. Please DO NOT pass these amendments. They are ANTI-WORKING CLASS, ANTI-IMMIGRANT and ANTI-PEOPLE OF COLOR, because the only outcome of these amendments will be making energy even more expensive than it alr...↓

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Comment From: Timmie Pollock

3/08/26 @ 8:34 AM

Stop screwing up our economy. More for gas is unacceptable. Gas companies leaving California is not OK!

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Comment From: Steven Tomasik

3/08/26 @ 8:24 AM

Please stop!!! Gas prices are insane! Stop policies that drive up gas prices and hurt our working families! We cannot afford it! We can't take it anymore.

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Comment From: Sarah Garc

3/08/26 @ 8:20 AM

STOP THESE GAS HIKES!!

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Comment From: Andrea Messenger

3/08/26 @ 8:17 AM

California is already one of the most expensive states to live in. Increasing gas prices will continue to make families choose between getting to work or paying their grocery bills! The state wonders why California has a mass exodus and this is one o...↓

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Comment From: Garegin Kalajian

3/08/26 @ 8:04 AM

The damage done by CARB and the insane regulations it has imposed on the citizens of California is inexcusable. In the name of clean air, you have mandated systems on trucks that are constantly failing, shortening the usable life of the trucks, injec...↓

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Comment From: Shelly Cramer

3/08/26 @ 7:56 AM

To the board:
California already has the highest state taxes on everything, including gas. Why would you purposely regulate more carb to raise the taxes even higher? With no refineries, all of our oil reserves sent to other countries (Biden) we have...↓

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Comment From: Shayn Peller

3/08/26 @ 7:14 AM

Stop voting on policies that raises the price per gallon for us here in California. Enough is enough. You are to blame for why we have per gallon prices $2 more than most other states. California's gas price per gallon is more here than even in Hawai...↓

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Comment From: Cheryl Street

3/08/26 @ 7:01 AM

Please stop and think about the people that live and work in California. Your rules are already crippling the working class and if this passes it will be the death blow beyond a doubt.

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Comment From: Orland Rogers

3/08/26 @ 6:28 AM

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Comment From: Brett DeMott

3/08/26 @ 2:53 AM

How is importing oil and refined gas better, when oil tankers burn 2500 gallons of fuel per hour?

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Comment From: Susan Pratt

3/08/26 @ 12:03 AM

Stop the gas tax hike. Support local drilling.

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Comment From: Denise Payne

3/07/26 @ 11:38 PM

I am a self employed event planner and I home school my son. I have some clients that I have to drive to plan and excute their event and I have field trips for my son. If gas continues to go up, I will not be able to afford gas. I urge you to stop th...↓

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Comment From: Ryan Mullins

3/07/26 @ 11:11 PM

Regarding this proposal, we should all be concerned about the rise in gas prices; especially as a vast majority of the state is reliant on the few refineries we have. Surely there must be another solution other than to squeeze refineries out of the s...↓

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Comment From: Chris Johnston

3/07/26 @ 11:08 PM

PLEASE stop this insanity. The taxes and burdens in this state from your regulations are harming us mere citizens. By adding more burdens, presumably "only" to the corporations, you are still forcing taxes through higher prices everywhere.

Corp...↓

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Comment From: Erica Howell

3/07/26 @ 10:50 PM

California is sitting on liquid gold! Stop driving out our refineries! If refineries close, it will be for good. This decision will impact generations to come.

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Comment From: Serena Aiden

3/07/26 @ 10:22 PM

Raising gas prices hurts the most vulnerable. The wealthy are not affected, it's the lower and middle class. Many of which are immigrants that depend on their vehicles to get to their jobs. We can't just buy a new car, we are BROKE, we are drowning!!...↓

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Comment From: Jacob Stover

3/07/26 @ 8:56 PM

CARB should work with the oil and gas industry, not against them. We've lost 2 refineries in less than 6 months in California due to increased emissions scrutiny. The state and national security are further threatened by this 1 dollar/gallon increase...↓

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Comment From: Rachelle Truong

3/07/26 @ 8:01 PM

Passing the proposed amendments would just make it even more expensive to live in California. The people of California need a break financially right now not another hike!
Thank you
Rachelle

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Comment From: arnout ter schure

3/07/26 @ 7:05 PM

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Comment From: Christie Borchin

3/07/26 @ 4:58 PM

Please please reconsider your stance on the amendment for reporting greenhouse gases. Although I understand a clean environment, this is happening way too fast for companies to keep up. The people of CA can't afford this amendment.
Thank you!

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Comment From: Nhuong Nguyen

3/07/26 @ 4:03 PM

We should sue CARB with their unlawful regulations. Remove them from controlling our lives. We didn't vote them in.

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Comment From: Esperanza Maciel

3/07/26 @ 3:13 PM

Californians was energy independence not bullshit green deals. Gas prices are extremely high and it's us working class who suffer.

STOP WITH THE BULLSHIT AND START DRILLING HERE! It's safe and effective for California.

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Comment From: Stephanie Fernandez

3/07/26 @ 3:01 PM

Please consider not adding more fees and taxes to already very high gas prices. I oppose the amendments to the green house gas emissions. We already lost refineries due to the regulations already in place causing prices to sore. If you care about th...↓

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Comment From: Wayne Sheldon

3/07/26 @ 2:58 PM

Even with our current regulations California's air quality is no better than the rest of the country. The current excessive regulation in California is creating misery. Further regulations will not fix this issue. Electric cars will not fix the co2 i...↓

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Comment From: Andrea Basile

3/07/26 @ 2:46 PM

I urge the board to protect Californians' energy independence and personal finances by NOT adding more costs at the fuel pumps. Instead evaluate the corporations who are actually contributing to green house gas emissions if you are TRULY concerned ab...↓

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Comment From: Denise Pennell

3/07/26 @ 2:42 PM

March 7, 2026

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

RE: Proposed Amendments to the Regulation for the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Dear Madam Chair and Members of the Board:

I am a native son who has served as a city manager in Calif...↓

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Comment From: Dan Martin

3/07/26 @ 1:50 PM

It's time for CARB to start following the will of the people instead of bending to Gavin Newsom's will. Newsom will be gone soon. The citizens of CA will still be here and we have long memories. CARB needs to cut regulations in order to reduce gas pr...↓

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Comment From: Lauren Blake

3/07/26 @ 1:20 PM

You need to stop with destroying our economy. All your regulations are too much. Shame on your stupid decisions. CARB should be done away with.

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Comment From: Randee Roberts

3/07/26 @ 1:04 PM

Dear California Air Resources Board (CARB) Members,

I am writing as a concerned California resident to submit this public comment in strong opposition to the proposed amendments to the Cap-and-Invest program, which would tighten emissions caps and f...↓urther reduce free allowances for refiners starting in 2026. These changes, while framed as steps toward climate goals, will impose devastating economic burdens on working families, small businesses, and communities already struggling with the highest gas prices in the nation—averaging over $5 per gallon according to AAA data. I urge you to reject these amendments in their current form and prioritize affordable energy solutions that don't punish everyday Californians.

First, the proposed reductions in free allowances for oil refiners will inevitably drive up gasoline and diesel prices by 47 cents to $1.20 per gallon as early as next year, according to analyses from the Western States Petroleum Association and independent economic models. This isn't speculation; it's basic supply-chain economics. With refineries like Phillips 66's Los Angeles facility set to close by late 2025—eliminating 10% of our state's refining capacity—these amendments will exacerbate fuel shortages and volatility. Families in rural areas like Kern County, where I have ties through community and economic impacts, will be hit hardest. A single parent commuting 30 miles to work could see their monthly fuel costs rise by $100 or more, forcing impossible choices between groceries, rent, and transportation. How does this advance equity or environmental justice when it disproportionately harms low- and middle-income households?

Second, these changes threaten thousands of good-paying jobs in California's oil and gas sector, which supports over 200,000 direct and indirect positions statewide, many in underserved communities of color. The program's extension to 2045 without adequate transition support ignores the human cost: shuttered refineries mean lost livelihoods, reduced local tax revenues for schools and infrastructure, and a ripple effect on suppliers from trucking to manufacturing. CARB's own documents acknowledge the need for "decarbonization," but rushing these caps without proven alternatives—like scalable biofuels or hydrogen infrastructure—risks energy insecurity. We've seen this playbook before with premature EV mandates that left rural charging deserts in place. Why accelerate pain now when global markets still rely on California-produced fuels?

Environmental protection is vital, and I support California's leadership on climate. But Cap-and-Invest, rebranded or not, has already failed to deliver promised benefits without the pain. Emissions haven't dropped as aggressively as projected, yet household costs have soared. These amendments double down on a flawed approach that prioritizes abstract targets over real-world affordability. Instead, CARB should:

- Delay implementation until independent audits confirm no net price spikes above 20 cents per gallon.
- Invest in workforce retraining and just-transition funds for affected workers, funded by program revenues rather than new burdens.
- Explore market-based incentives for cleaner fuels that don't dismantle our refining backbone overnight.

California deserves bold climate action that unites us, not divides us through regressive costs. I implore you to listen to the voices of impacted residents and vote down these harmful amendments. Our state's innovation can lead the world in clean energy—without bankrupting its people.

Thank you for considering this comment. I look forward to a more balanced path forward.

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Comment From: Rose Comstock

3/07/26 @ 12:46 PM

CARB should be working to support every energy source available for all Californians. Our businesses, communities, counties & state government all rely on a secure and affordable energy source yet CARB continually obstructs efforts to provide afforda...↓

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Comment From: Tiffany Parsons

3/07/26 @ 12:45 PM

Killing the working middle class is no way to maintain this state's elite politician ruling class through fraud and scams. Please use the upper class for fraud plans instead.

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Comment From: John De Los Reyes

3/07/26 @ 12:26 PM

Stop raising gas prices!
We can barely afford it as is, you're driving businesses away. Please Stop It!

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Comment From: Ledora Reynolds

3/07/26 @ 12:15 PM

If refineries are completely closed, no new refineries are opened, and gas prices continue to skyrocket, I WILL MOVE!! I am elderly, retired, and still a driver who cannot afford unnecessary price increases.

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Comment From: Ryan Gorman

3/07/26 @ 12:04 PM

Continued hostility towards our California Energy companies has already forced the departure of most of them. Chevron and the other remaining companies directly support over 500,000 bay area jobs, community programs, tax income, and much more.
Movin...↓

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Comment From: Sharyl Dennison

3/07/26 @ 11:47 AM

We can't afford any more price hikes. It is already hard enough to make ends meet the way things are going. I oppose an increase in price hikes

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Comment From: Dylan Morales-Dacy

3/07/26 @ 11:41 AM

Don't Pass this!! How much money are yall supposed to loose track of before you hold yourselves accountable!! This is idiocracy.

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Comment From: Aimee Harris

3/07/26 @ 11:39 AM

Adding another dollar or more to existing gas prices would absolutely be crushing to my finances. I am already living paycheck to paycheck and cannot afford to go electric. I have to commute to work each day and should not have to choose between food...↓

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Comment From: Luis Marquez

3/07/26 @ 11:38 AM

We don't want this all you guys keep doing is taxing the middle class and then blaming Trump for it

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Comment From: Lisa Burns

3/07/26 @ 11:32 AM

Stop with the climate change. It is a hoax. You are doing more harm to our state. If you drive out the last refineries and don't open new ones, due to your over regulation, you will lose more residents and have no one left to tax. The homeless and il...↓

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Comment From: Jeff Christensen

3/07/26 @ 11:29 AM

Regarding the California air resource board, adding more fees or taxes to the gas in California is unacceptable and should not be done. Many families are already hurting. I just paid over four dollars a gallon yesterday and prices for groceries have ...↓

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Comment From: Betty Estep

3/07/26 @ 11:26 AM

California residence have been taxed beyond what we can sustain. We pay way too much for California and then our state government spends wherever they think they want to spend it and not always on what it was originally designated. California needs t...↓

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Comment From: Serra Blaine

3/07/26 @ 11:25 AM

Absolutely do not add one more cent to our gas tax/prices. It's already absurd and tyrannical. Not one more cent!

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Comment From: Miguel Ramirez

3/07/26 @ 11:19 AM

To the members of the California Air Resources Board,
I am writing as a California resident who is increasingly concerned about the direction and real world impact of the policies being implemented by the California Air Resources Board.
CARB was crea...↓ted with an important mission. California once faced some of the worst air pollution in the country, and the purpose of this board was to study the problem and develop practical solutions to improve air quality and protect public health. That goal made sense and most Californians supported it.
Over time, however, the board appears to have evolved into a powerful regulatory body that is able to shape major economic and energy policy without being directly accountable to the people who are most affected by those decisions. Many residents now feel that the policies coming from this board are increasingly disconnected from the practical realities faced by working Californians.
One of the clearest examples is the approach toward petroleum production and refining within the state. California still relies heavily on petroleum products for transportation, manufacturing, agriculture, and the movement of goods. Reducing in state production and refining capacity does not eliminate demand. It simply forces California to import more fuel from outside the state and often from outside the country. That means additional shipping, additional transportation emissions, and higher costs for California consumers.
When fuel costs rise, the consequences extend far beyond the gas pump. Transportation is a core part of the cost of nearly every product sold in this state. When gasoline and diesel prices increase, the cost of moving food, construction materials, and everyday goods increases as well. Those costs are passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices for groceries, housing, and services. Working families feel these increases immediately.
Fuel policy also affects aviation. Jet fuel is refined from the same petroleum supply chain that produces gasoline and diesel. When refinery capacity is restricted and fuel supply becomes tighter, the cost of jet fuel rises as well. Higher jet fuel prices directly increase airline operating costs, which then leads to higher ticket prices and higher costs for air cargo transportation. California depends heavily on aviation for business travel, tourism, and time sensitive freight. Increasing the cost of jet fuel ultimately raises transportation costs throughout the broader economy.
There is also growing confusion among the public about the long term direction of transportation policy. Californians are strongly encouraged to transition to electric vehicles. At the same time, state leaders have begun discussing the introduction of a mileage based tax to replace the gasoline tax revenue that will decline if more people drive electric vehicles. To many residents this feels like shifting the rules after the fact and it undermines public confidence in the policy direction being promoted.
The discussion around emissions also deserves honest evaluation. California has reported long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over the past two decades. At the same time, emissions have fluctuated in recent years. For example, statewide emissions increased after the unusually low levels recorded during the pandemic year of 2020 before declining again in later inventories. These fluctuations show that progress is complex and not always the direct result of any single policy.
Many factors contribute to emissions reductions, including technological improvements in engines, cleaner fuels, federal efficiency standards, and broader economic changes. It is important that CARB remain open to examining which policies are truly effective and which ones may be producing unintended economic consequences without delivering the environmental benefits that were originally expected.
Another concern is that policy discussions sometimes appear to dismiss or avoid perspectives from experts who disagree with the prevailing assumptions. Science and public policy both benefit from open debate. When dissenting views are excluded, it can create the impression that conclusions were decided before the evidence was fully considered.
Most Californians care deeply about clean air and a healthy environment. That commitment crosses political lines. At the same time, environmental policy must remain grounded in practicality, economic reality, and transparency.
I urge the members of this board to step outside of the internal policy echo chamber and listen carefully to the concerns being raised by residents, industry professionals, transportation experts, economists, and energy experts who experience the effects of these policies every day. A policy that sounds promising in theory should be reevaluated if it proves difficult to implement in the real world or creates unintended burdens for the people of this state.
California has long been a place that prides itself on innovation and problem solving. That spirit requires the ability to acknowledge when an approach needs adjustment. Showing the willingness to reevaluate policies and correct course would demonstrate that California is capable of both environmental leadership and honest self reflection.
Californians deserve policies that improve air quality while also keeping energy reliable, transportation affordable, and the cost of living manageable for the people who call this state home.

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Comment From: Dale Nicol

3/07/26 @ 11:04 AM

I am not in favor of rheae new proposed regulations. We need to move the other direction as we are over regulated and hurting.

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Comment From: Joe Taxpayer

3/07/26 @ 11:02 AM

Nothing you do deserves an ounce of support by the people that pay your salaries. You are RIPPING US ALL OFF with your FASCISTIC Heavy Handed edicts and making life difficult for Taxpayers that pay your bloated salaries. KNOCK IT OFF NOW! We all ...↓

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Comment From: Patrick Morris

3/07/26 @ 10:36 AM

Please do not do this

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Comment From: Jenny Tran

3/07/26 @ 10:33 AM

Please protects California from raising gas prices.

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Comment From: Heidi Gallegos

3/07/26 @ 10:22 AM

I oppose and urge you to pause the proposed amendments for mandatory reporting. This is not the time to pace additional hardships on Californians. With gas prices exceeding higher than other states, this could pose a substantial drain on the CA eco...↓

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Comment From: Carolina Garcia

3/07/26 @ 10:09 AM

Please stop making harder on refineries to stay afloat, it's already unaffordable to go to work. And with your proposed regulations it will make it worse.

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Comment From: Arturo Garcia

3/07/26 @ 10:05 AM

Please stop this regulations on refineries, you all are making it impossible for them to operate, and it's costing us more at the pumps. Refineries are bailing out because of all of this regulations and fines you impose on them. This will cripple Cal...↓

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Comment From: Mark Piper

3/07/26 @ 10:03 AM

As a life long California, I am opposed to any new law adding additional excise taxes to gasoline. The reason is quite simple, the California State Legislature has proven that they cannot use the highest revenue efficiently, so why give them more? I...↓

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Comment From: Melissa Gussow

3/07/26 @ 10:02 AM

No more money added to our already inflated gas prices ! This is purely political and your strangling generations of Californian's everyday! We need new and sensible ideas from leadership in California. People who live and work in the state
want ref...↓

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